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Hello animal lovers, I apologize for not having updated for some time...exam period is always hectic and I just never had the time to finish editing the drafted posts I had made, but between now and Christmas I will publish the new posts in a timely manner! (that's Plan A)

The smart one!

Now, following my previous post on Dog Intelligence, the ranking in this post rates the least obedient breeds of dogs...this in no way means they have lower capabilities then the other breeds but reflects on their tendency to follow commands(or not!) it might take a bit more time to train them up compared to the others. Again, this ranking only takes into consideration the general capacity for obedience/understanding of commands for the breeds.

Vote for your favorite, or if you think you have a star at home, enter it to the competition yourself!(submissions open until the 15th).

This contest is hosted by Fido Solutions with the aim to find a winner dog chosen by voters to cast into a Fido Ad, the voting works as the following: while no registration is needed, users can vote for multiple favorites but only once per day. The voting will end by the 17th but meanwhile, for each vote Fido Solutions will match up with $1 for the Lions Foundation of Canada Dog Guides

As readers might have already guessed, the Lions Foundation programs aim for the training of Dog guides for people who are blind and visually impaired, in addition the Lions Foundation also trains Dog Guides to meet the needs of Canadians with hearing and other medical or physical disabilities. All programs are offered at no charge to the client, but future care and maintenance become the responsibility of the Dog Guide recipient.

Dog Guide Programs:

Canine Vision Dog Guides - for people who are blind or visually impairedHearing Ear Dog Guides - for people who are deaf or hard of hearingSpecial Skills Dog Guides - for people with a medical or physical disabilitySeizure Response Dog Guides - for people who have epilepsyAutism Assistance Dog Guides - for children with autism

If interested to know more, do check out the site of the foundation I linked above and help voting! Below are some of the contestants I specially liked:

Owner Cathie Bell says:

“Mya has over 60 tricks. She does handstands, plays basket ball and will get a kleenex for me when I sneeze. On top of this she is a Certified St. John AmbulanceTherapy Dog and a Canine Good Neighbour.”

This week I'd like to make a post about dog intelligence, so what is it? Dog intelligence is their ability to learn, think and solve problems, it determines behavior and interactions of our pet animals but it is difficult to gauge as we can rarely and accurately classify certain actions of our pets as sprung from their intellect or mere animal behavior.